Emily Babb

Current

Database Manager at Capital Area Food Bank of Texas

Past

Community Relations Assistant at Capital Area Food Bank of Texas
Public Affairs Intern at Abbott Spine
Sales Associate / PR Assistant at Education Station & Scrapbook Depot

Intern at San Marcos Chamber of Commerce
Student at Texas State University
Senior Beauty Consultant at Beauty First Store and Salon
Public Relations Intern at Society for the Performing Arts
Intern at Dominic Walsh Dance Theater

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Education

Texas State University-San Marcos
Mirabeau B. Lamar High School

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Emily Babb’s Summary

As Database Manager at Capital Area Food Bank, my role is to maintain Raiser's Edge, our donor database, and analyze giving trends, as well as acknowledge donor gifts, coordinate direct mail and newsletter mailings to Food Bank contacts, and assist in planning donor events.

In addition to my main duties in development, I work closely with Volunteer Resources and Communications to further the mission of the Food Bank.

Outside of work, I serve on the board of the Association for Women in Communication - Austin Professional Chapter. I am the Arrangements Co-Chair as well as the Registration Committee Co-Chair for the 2010 Banner Brunch.

Emily Babb’s Specialties:

Non-profit communication, donation management technology (Convio and Raiser's Edge)

Emily Babb’s Experience

Database Manager

Capital Area Food Bank of Texas

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (CAFB) provides food and grocery products to 355 Partner Agencies in 21 Central Texas counties. CAFB is a member of Feeding America, the nation's food bank network, and the Texas Food Bank Network.
Community Relations Assistant

Capital Area Food Bank of Texas

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

July 2008 — May 2009 (11 months)
Public Affairs Intern

Abbott Spine

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; ABT; Medical Devices industry)

January 2008 — July 2008 (7 months)

Abbott Spine designs spinal devices.

While interning at Abbott Spine, I learned the basics of crisis management and product launches. I also coordinated mailings and communication with clinical study sites.
Sales Associate / PR Assistant

Education Station & Scrapbook Depot

(Retail industry)

September 2005 — February 2008 (2 years 6 months)

Education Station, an educational supply store, and Scrapbook Depot, a scrapbooking store are run by Sam Brumley, an entrepreneur in San Marcos, TX.

At Education Station & Scrapbook Depot, my duties in the communication department involved maintaining the Web site, creating and sending out monthly e-newsletters for each store, and creating monthly calendars for scrapbook classes. My time here taught me the value of multi-level communication, blogging and a strong online following.
Intern

San Marcos Chamber of Commerce

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

October 2007 — December 2007 (3 months)

As an intern, I assisted the Special Events Director with various tasks, including the weekly newsletter, ambassador spreadsheets and event set up.
Student

Texas State University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

August 2003 — December 2007 (4 years 5 months)

My time at Texas State garnered me a BA in Mass Communication - Public Relations and a strong portfolio of writing samples.

I gained experience in visual communication, AP style writing and editing, and public relations writing. During my sophomore year, I developed a PR plan to stop smoking on Texas State campus. In my junior year, I worked with a team to develop and deliver a media kit for Allies of Texas State, a campus organization for gay, lesbian, transexual and bisexual students and their allies. During my senior year, I organized and implemented a full PR campaign for Hays County Food Bank's "Turkeys Tackling Hunger 2007" program, which encourages residents of Hays County to donate food and money to assemble full Thanksgiving meals for hungry families.
Senior Beauty Consultant

Beauty First Store and Salon

(Retail industry)

March 2001 — January 2007 (5 years 11 months)

Beauty First is a beauty retail store and salon. While there, I progressed to a Senior Beauty Consultant and was responsible for training new employees, opening and closing the store, ordering and receiving supplies, overseeing returns and customer service, and booking salon appointments.
Public Relations Intern

Society for the Performing Arts

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Performing Arts industry)

May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)

During the summer of 2006, I interned at Society for the Perofming Arts, a performing arts presenter in Houston, TX. I assisted the Director of Public Relations with various tasks, including writing press releases for the upcoming fall season, maintaining and updating media lists and media clips, organizing marketing and PR displays, and editing program information for the upcoming season.
Intern

Dominic Walsh Dance Theater

(Fine Art industry)

September 2002 — May 2003 (9 months)

During high school, I participated in a program that allowed me to intern off-site for half of each day. I assisted the artistic director with various tasks, including assembling press kits, writing letters and keeping the donation spreadsheet up to date for the first year of his modern dance company.

Emily Babb’s Education

Texas State University-San Marcos

BA , Mass Communication - Public Relations , 2003 — 2007

Minored in Dance.

Scholarships: Hearst, Orchesis, Connie Webb-Brown

Activities and Societies:

Orchesis Dance Company, PRSSA
Mirabeau B. Lamar High School

HS Diploma , 1999 — 2003

Activities and Societies:

Lamar Dance Theatre